![]() ![]() You can try to smoothen it out with a solvent. It will help, but this won't work miracles. ![]() Clean off the toothpaste residue, then buff the surface with a cloth (a soft, natural material like cotton synthetic materials may scratch the plastic). Polish the surface with an old toothbrush and some toothpaste. There are plastic polishes, but you can use ordinary toothpaste, which is mildly abrasive. Polishing: Fine scratches and damage with a "frosted" look that makes the damage very visible can be improved to make it less noticeable by polishing. This may make some of the damage less noticeable, but don't expect to be able to have deep scratches or pockmarks level out. Then stop and let the eyes cool back to room temperature. Hit the surface for a few seconds until you see signs of the plastic getting shiny. If the heat is too high, you can scorch the surface, so use a heat gun at the low setting. You don't want to apply so much heat that the eyes melt into a blob be careful to use just enough heat to soften the surface. You would probably want to remove the eyes for repair and then sew them back in to avoid damaging or staining the fabric (if it's synthetic fabric, the heat suggestion will likely melt it if it's natural material, polishing the eyes will soil it). However, there are a couple of things that might make the damage a little less apparent. The fill material may not bond to the eyes, and may have a different refractive index so repairs could end up as very noticeable dots. Without knowing the plastic, it will be hard to fill the deep pockmarks. The specific plastic probably depends on how old the stuffed animal is, and where the eyes were manufactured. The eyes are almost certainly molded thermoplastic of some kind rather than a cast resin (casting resins are too expensive and time-consuming for a high-volume, mass market item like these eyes, and are generally risky for items that may end up in a toddler's mouth). ![]()
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